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TITLE

Secular trends: a ten-year comparison of the amount and type of physical activity and inactivity of random samples of adolescents in the Czech Republic

PUB. DATE

January 2011

SOURCE

BMC Public Health;2011, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p731

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article presents a study conducted on assessing levels, types and secular trends of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour of a sample of adolescents in the Czech Republic. It discusses the methods used for the study. It mentions that overweight and obesity in Czech adolescents who participated in this study increased from 5.5 percent to 10.4 percent. It reports that during 2008-2010, every tenth adolescent is found to be either overweight or obese.

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